Editorial Review

One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tires, hooting of horns, howling of brakes, and the babbling of voices--is interrupted by a sound that even Tucker Mouse, a jaded inhabitant of Times Square, has never heard before. Mario, the son of Mama and Papa Bellini, proprietors of the subway-station newsstand, had only heard the sound once. What was this new, strangely musical chirping? None other than the mellifluous leg-rubbing of the somewhat disoriented Chester Cricket from Connecticut. Attracted by the irresistible smell of liverwurst, Chester had foolishly jumped into the picnic basket of some unsuspecting New Yorkers on a junket to the country. Despite the insect's wurst intentions, he ends up in a pile of dirt in Times Square.Read more

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Falls Short of Wind in the Willows
When I read Wind in the Willows, I thought no other book could match its calm, slow, elegant pace, but this book does.However, I didn't find it measuring up to Wind in the Willows as far as a literary work goes.Why not?They're both written very eloquently (although I did think Wind in the Willows had some unnecessarily advanced vocabulary) and they both had outstanding and lovable characters.What's A Cricket in Times Square missing?I looked at all of the reviews here, and couldn't figure out why I didn't want to give A Cricket in Times Square any more than three stars.Then it hit me.Location!Lack of location to be exact.
the cricket in times square
this was a short but great book. i recommend it to anybody. a must-read!!!

A Great Story About Friends!
There is a cricket named Chester who got lost in Times Square. He makes friends with a cat named Harry,a mouse named Tucker and a boy named Mario. Chester loves his new friends, but he misses his home in Connecticut. His friends find a way to get him back home. This book makes you think of your best friends and how much you appreciate them.
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Awesome work
Except for Charlotte's Web, this is perhaps the best young person's book in existence. The narrative makes you visualize so thoroughly you will be left with the feeling that you have seen a movie. Don't miss this book!

The BestBook I Ever Read !![.]
This was the bestbook I ever read!The book was about were Tucker (a mouse) and Harry (a cat)to go to help their friend Chester (a cricket)save his home and the home of other animals on the countryside.My farviote character was Tucker a very nice and smartThis is a great book it got me to read all the other books in this series and I never read. You won't be disapointed!!![.]

The BestBook I Ever Read !!!!!!!!!!!!
This was the bestbook I ever read!The book was about were Tucker (a mouse) and Harry (a cat)to go to help their friend Chester (a cricket)save his home and the home of other animals on the countryside.My farviote character was Tucker a very nice and smartThis is a great book it got me to read all the other books in this series and I never read. You won't be disapointed!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

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the beginning of a beautiful friendship!!
In this, the prequel to "Cricket in Times Square", we meet the very young Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.Well, actually Harry KITTEN in this case.When our story opens, Tucker is wandering the streets of New York, lost, hungry, tired and even NAMELESS!Determined to make something of himself, he struts off down the street searching our first his own name and then his fame and fortune.A sweet shop gives him his name, and a young kitten, equally lost and alone, gives him friendship.Thus is born the friendship that many of us know and love from "Cricket" and Mr. Selden's other books. Together the pair set off to find a place to live.This proves to be a bigger, more complicated task than one might originally think!!The Empire State Building calls to them--why not live in one of the biggest buildings in the whole city?However, when they manage to finally find themselves in the basement where there are little or no people, the find themselves in a vast, cavernous tunnel of white tiles.LOST!!But, by keeping their wits about them, they manage to get back out on to the street. The old piers seem like a good place to live until our heroes are nearly crushed by falling debris from the crumbling buildings.An upscale park is quite beautiful and peaceful, but too ritzy and, well, DULL for our young companions.Deciding that this is still not the place for them, they set off again, this time toward Times Square.There, they finally find the home in the drainpipe readers know and love so well...There's just one problem though, and that's the local gang of rats with thick, New York accents who want to steal all of Tucker's life savings!! "Cricket in Times Square" is still an extremely popular book, though many of the other works by Mr. S. that feature the same characters are much lesser known.Not as many fans of "Cricket" go on to read "Tucker's Countryside" or "Harry Cat's Pet Puppy."I myself have read "The Cricket in Times Square" multiple times, but stumbles across this book, "Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat" rather by accident!I'm very glad I did, though!! Though the writing is a bit weaker than I expected--the story is certainly not as long as the other's in this series, nor are the events or characters fleshed out as much--it's still a very good book and worth reading.I think Mr. Selden intended this book to be for younger audiences than those who normally read "Cricket", for the story is easier to read with less detail.The pen & ink illustrations by Mr. Williams are as familiar and comfortable as those in the other books; I'm especially fond of the picture of Harry and Tucker clinging together in terror at being lost in the corridors of the Empire State Building! Weak or not, younger audience or not, this book is definitely worth reading, and will add so much to the beloved adventures of two beloved characters.Highly recommended!!

Estabrook - 3rd Grade
We read this book in our classroom and really enjoyed it. Some of our comments are: I liked how Tucker found his name from the sweet shop; Because they are cute; Like how Tucker goes crazy over food and its funny;Finally how a cat and mouse our friends; If you like adventurous books itis fun; Liked Sid Rat and Charlie; How the three rats have a Boston accentin Time Sq NYC; How they are scared of the rats big eyes; Funny; Dramtic

A "must read" to learn about Chester Cricket's friends
My daughter's girl friend gave her "A Cricket in Times Square,"a wonderful adventure of Chester Cricket and his New York City-savvyfriends Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse. Once reading that adventure, we had toread all the others in the series, starting with how the cat and mouse metand became great buddies. ... Read more

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review for chester cricket
Chester crickets pigeon ride is about a cricket named chester who lives in a sub way in New York with a boy who cares for him and two friends that is a cat and a mouse and they are maried(The cat and mouse are the ones who are maried.)Also when Chester started to feel home sick from his origonal home in the country he began to smell some oak trees.(Their are barly any trees in New York.)So now Chester is tring to find out were the tree sent was coming from,but when he found out were the oak trees were their was a big problem Chester had to cross a bissy,bissy road called Park ave.(The oak trees are on the other side of Park ave,the trees are in a park called Central Park.)Now to get to the park Chester took a cople leeps to the other side and he jumped to the bigest oak tree he layed his eyes on.Next when Chester the cricket landed onthe tree he started to nibble on leafs,but then a pigeon flew right next to him and said,what is a cricket like you doing here in the city?(He is in Time Square,New York.)All Chester did was get scared,but then the pigeon saw that he was scaring Chester so he wanted to make it up to him by showing him the sights in New York like the Statue of Liberty.Also now every time Chestergoes to Central Park he has a new friend who is a pigeon.

review for chester
Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride is about a cricket named chester who lived in a sub way with a boy who cares for him and two friends who is a cat and a mouse and they are maried (the mouse and cat are maried.)Also chester lived in time square were their are rarly any trees,but when chester was feeling home sick from his origonal home in the country he started to smell oak trees.So now chester is tring to figure out were the sent of the oak trees are coming from.When chester found out were the trees were he started to them,but he had to cross a bissy,bissy road.(The oak trees are in a park called Central Park.)Now that chester hopped accros the road he took a giant leep onto the bigest tree he saw and began to nibble on some leafs.But then a pigeon flew right next to chester the cricket and said,What is a cricket doing all the way in the city?All Chester did was get scared and the pigeon said don't be scared I'll show you something that will cheer you up(This is when chester is told to go on the pigeons back.)Since chester is on the pigeons back the pigeon takes off into flight to show chester the Statue of Liberty,then after that the pigeon and the bird become friends and every time chester goes to Central Park chester always sees the pigeon

Hi
This is a preety good book.I know it can have better details.All of his other books are great! I just love them! ... Read more

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I love this book!!
I loved reading this book!It is one of my favorite books because of the details in the story and the pictures.All animal lovers should read this book.!!

Whata find!
As a teacher, I have used Selden's " Cricket in Times Square" for years as a read aloud to my students.It was only recently that I began searching for more books by Mr. Selden.Harry Cat's Pet Puppy isdelightful.I know my students are going to fall in love with Huppy thepoor puppy that Harry found cast on a dark and dirty New York street. Needless to say Harrytakes him home to the drainpipe that he shares withTucker the mouse. Harry and Tucker find that having a growing dog can makelife in Times Square Subway station a bit difficult.This book uses tenderhumor to show that pets can bringwonderful joy and loads ofresponsibility to our lives.As always, Selden threads all the grand andsometimes terrible emotions of friendship throughout the book.Read andenjoy!

Funny and Interesting!
My mom read us this book as part of our family reading night.We loved it and were extremely disappointed when she would stop each night.We liked the book so much that we named our dog "Huppy" after the puppy inthe story! ... Read more

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Another page turner
My son read Cricket in Times Square in school and enjoyed it so much he asked me to get him this book.He found this a good read and is now planning to read the Pigeon Ride.

This is a wonderful book !!!
I love lots of diffrent kinds of books and I loved lots of theones I've read and I loved these books and they are in my top list. Irecommend these books to children who like adventure and fun in their books. Also I think it's very good for moms or dads to read to their children for bedtime stories and together time.

IT WAS SO BORING I ONLY READ HALF OF IT!
I absolutely loathed it.IT WAS HORRID,HORRIBLE,AND THEY REALLY NEED BETTER PICTURES! ... Read more

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The Old Meadow-Looked at Differentely
This book is a really cool book, produced by a very good author. It is about a dog, (Grubber) who's owner is going to be pushed out of his home by the council. He gets taken to jail, then rescued by a supposed rattlesnake. There are all sorts of twists and turns. Will the council push the old man out? Find out when you read this awesome book. ... Read more

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the genie of spectacular place.
this book is F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. I highly reccomend to kids who love fantasy.I admit in the beginning i a'm a kid at saint ann's school and we wrote reviews about on a note card and the said:this book sucks etc.
its OK but not great
I liked this book but i didnt love it at all i mean thier wasnt really any adventure

if you liked The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
This was one of my childhood faves...there's mystery, archaeology, opera, romance, New York City (uptown and downtown), a dog that becomes a man, and a genie that pops out of a carpet and saves the day.Written by George Selden (famous for penning The Cricket in Times Square), the author knewhow to mix the exuberance of youth with the anything-goes quality of Gothamto create a most clever tale (with a happy ending).A great read for smartkids with broad interests poised for adulthood. ... Read more

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IRONIC ENDING
This is a very good book. We used this in our Helen Keller unit study. Annie had a life before Helen ! From trials to Teacher to student. This woman had quite a life. She really gave her life to Helen and is a good witness of " love your neighbor ". This may have started of f as a job, but became her life. I read the 1987 paperback edition.

Kelsey's Rave Review!
I think this is one of the best books I've ever read.Most of the time I'm not very interested, but in this book I was.I think the writer did a good job because she used words that I understood. ... Read more

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